India Pale Ale - Luminosa
The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴
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Score
7.48
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dram Shop Sheffield. Ridiculously out of date and not even a quid off. Opens with a bit of a hiss and has a thick foam but it’s still in good shape. Pine and lime. Some gummy fruit thing. Light sweet malt backdrop. Taste has some sweetness with a moderate pithy bitterness. Moderate pithy bitterness to finish. Kernel’s BBDs are mad, as we know, and I suspect this has lost some brightness but a tick is a tick and it’s still solid.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Dram Shop
on 20 Mar 2026
at 19:14
Brilliant hops! Two quid as it's just past its best-by date. Great little beer store/ bar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2025
at 18:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Nose is lemon Starburst, kiwifruit, grapefruit. Taste is much the same with a spot of lime making its presence known. Rich bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Star & Garter
on 20 Sep 2025
at 19:35
7/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Draft
at
Redmond's of Dennistoun
on 02 Aug 2025
at 12:58
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours clear yellow - gold with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, vibrant, juicy, hays lemonade, sherbet, lychee, mango, papaya, fruit pie, baked goods, doughy white bread and sponge cake. The taste is firmly dry, pleasing bitterness, green, piney, weedy, touch of spring onions, pithy, zesty, lemonade, grapefruit rind, peppery spice, mango and papaya with a lingering, bitter - green finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Lovely combo. Flavourful and moreish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2025
at 16:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft, half pint. @"Hoppy", Zaragoza (Spain). 25/07/2025
[#8.557 Global - #1.108 England - #10 The Kernel Brewery]
Pours light golden with a white head. Aroma: lemonzest, wet grass and floral hops. Taste: lemongrass, floral hops and candied fruits. Lemony palate.
Next one, please!
[#8.557 Global - #1.108 England - #10 The Kernel Brewery]
Pours light golden with a white head. Aroma: lemonzest, wet grass and floral hops. Taste: lemongrass, floral hops and candied fruits. Lemony palate.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Draft
at
Hoppy
on 25 Jul 2025
at 18:34
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Great stuff. Zingy pine, lime peel, juicy white grape, sun-kissed pale malts.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 07 Jul 2025
at 22:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the kernel tap room bermondsey. A translucent golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is lemon grass, wet grass, cut grass, mellow tropical. Flavour is composed of semi crisp, rustic grains, wheat, rustic earthy grains, cut grass.. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, moderate carbonation. Better than the pale.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2025
at 13:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
29th June 2025
Just a light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy smooth palate, a very mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Fluffy pale malts, a forward creamy sweetness. Luminosa hops here bring a touch of skunk and mild bitterness. Good lemonade that is both candyish and contrastingly bitter. Touches of raspberry and candy fruits near the fairly bitter and semi dry finish. Tidy. Much better representation of this hop than the pale ale.
Just a light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy smooth palate, a very mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Fluffy pale malts, a forward creamy sweetness. Luminosa hops here bring a touch of skunk and mild bitterness. Good lemonade that is both candyish and contrastingly bitter. Touches of raspberry and candy fruits near the fairly bitter and semi dry finish. Tidy. Much better representation of this hop than the pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2025
at 18:09
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Kernel Spa Road hazy gold colour lasting white head. Good citrus aroma. It's like the pale ale but more intense. Hides abv well. It's excellent. Love the fruit. It makes me smile and relax and just go all gooey inside. Love it. Moderate bitterness on the finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 27 Jun 2025
at 15:40